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Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management is a professional education book by Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey that addresses classroom discipline through the lens of restorative practice. Rather than treating behavior management as a system of rewards for compliance and penalties for misconduct, the book argues that students learn better when adults build relationships, teach expectations explicitly, and help students repair harm when conflicts occur. Its genre is practical pedagogy, aimed at K-12 teachers, school leaders, and instructional coaches seeking alternatives to exclusionary or purely punitive discipline. The authors connect classroom routines, student accountability, conflict resolution, and school culture into a single framework. The purpose is not to remove consequences, but to make consequences instructional, relational, and proportionate. The book stands within the broader movement toward equitable discipline, social-emotional learning, and positive school climate, while remaining focused on daily teacher practice.